Editing Shamong Township, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Shamong Township, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Shamong Township include:
* [[Daria Berenato]] (born 1993), wrestler, currently signed to [[WWE]] under the [[Smackdown (WWE brand)|Smackdown]] brand as '''Sonya Deville'''<ref>Koller, Brock. [http://6abc.com/sports/njs-daria-berenato-taking-risks-making-history-at-wwe/812066/ "New Jersey's Daria Berenato taking risks, making history on path to WWE"], [[WPVI-TV]], June 28, 2015. Accessed February 23, 2017. "21-year-old Daria Berenato from Shamong Township, New Jersey was recently standing inside a wrestling ring in Full Sail University, in her bathing suit, on worldwide television, in front of a panel of judges made up of WWE hall of famers and legends including current Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative, Paul Levesque, better known as superstar Triple H."</ref>
* [[Kacey Carrig]] (born 1992), model<ref>[http://www.details.com/story/model-in-the-spotlight-kacey-carrig "Model in the Spotlight: Kacey Carrig"], ''[[Details (magazine)]]''. Accessed October 2, 2015. "Hometown: Shamong, New Jersey"</ref>
* [[Kevin Comer]] (born 1992), [[professional baseball]] [[pitcher]] for the [[Detroit Tigers]] organization<ref>Zangaro, Dave. [http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/7b39e62e-b96b-522f-a554-b80f82798efe.html "Comer picked 57th in MLB entry draft"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', June 7, 2011. Accessed November 28, 2017. "Kevin Comer watched the TV in his Shamong home with great anticipation. By the 50th pick of the Major League Baseball entry draft Monday night, the Seneca High School senior hadn’t heard his name called."</ref>
* [[John J. Gardner]] (1845–1921), Mayor of [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] who represented {{ushr|NJ|2}} from 1893 to 1913<ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-GtKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95 ''The New Jersey Law Journal, Volume 44''], p. 95. Honeyman & Rowe, 1921. Accessed December 1, 2013. "Ex Congressman John J Gardner While not a lawyer it was not his fault that he was not a member of the New Jersey Bar This is to be said of Ex Congressman John J. Gardner of, formerly, Atlantic City, who died on his farm at Indian Mills, Burlington county on Feb. 7th last, of heart disease."</ref>
* [[Keith Jones (ice hockey)|Keith Jones]] (born 1968), former forward for the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]<ref>Leakan, Paul. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BURB&p_multi=WBCB&p_theme=burb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=108BA30104B075D9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Reeve Paralysis Foundation cause hits home Med. Lakes family to host fund-raiser"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', March 6, 2005. Accessed August 30, 2012. "Dana Reeve, country-music star Kenny Rogers, Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Jon Runyan, who lives in Mount Laurel, and former Philadelphia Flyers right-winger Keith Jones, a resident of Shamong, are among those scheduled to attend, Miles said."</ref>
* [[Juliet Richardson]] (born 1980), singer, known as Juliet, best known for her 2005 album ''Random Order'' and hit single "Avalon"<ref>Hafetz, David. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120509202628/http://articles.philly.com/1997-05-17/news/25561918_1_bcc-classes-classes-for-college-credit-normal-student "Ambitious 17-year-old Proves She's In A Class By Herself"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', May 17, 1997. Accessed December 1, 2013. "When Juliet Richardson takes her trip down memory lane, she might not know which way to turn: The 17-year-old from Shamong has been a student in high school and college at the same time."</ref>
* [[Charity Still]] ({{circa|1775}}–1857), abolitionist who was considered the matriarch of the [[Abolitionism in the United States|American abolition movement]]<ref>Harkinson, Christine. [https://southjersey.media/medford-news/bright-things-in-our-history/ "'Bright things in our history'"], ''The Medford Sun'', February 7, 2025. Accessed February 18, 2025. "Still is the third great-grandson of Levin and Charity Still (originally Levin and Sidney Steel), two formerly enslaved Africans from Maryland who would eventually settle in Shamong."</ref>
* [[William Still]] (1821–1902), abolitionist who was known as "the father of the Underground Railroad"<ref>McGuire, William; and Wheeler, Leslie. [https://books.google.com/books?id=NN5GAAAAMAAJ&q=%22william+still%22+shamong ''American Social Leaders''], p. 431. [[ABC-CLIO]], 1993. {{ISBN|9780874366334}}. Accessed January 7, 2019. "William Still was born in Shamong, New Jersey, the youngest of eighteen children. Both his parents were former slaves."</ref>
* [[Joe Vento]] (1939–2011), owner of [[South Philadelphia]] [[cheesesteak]] shop [[Geno's Steaks]]<ref>Staff. [https://archive.today/20130131160340/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1792515691.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+02,+2005&author=&pub=Courier+Post&desc=SJ+Faces:+Joe+Vento&pqatl=google "SJ Faces: Joe Vento"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', January 2, 2005. Accessed August 30, 2012. "But he and Eileen, his wife of 43 years, have called a Shamong horse farm home since the mid-1970s (their son, Geno, 33, lives in Cherry Hill)."</ref><ref>Wells, Steven. [http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=12617 "Vento Venting: The Geno's proprietor doesn't speak for South Philly"], ''[[Philadelphia Weekly]]'', July 19, 2006. Accessed April 9, 2008.</ref>